cbo were 30 million people under 65, again, that would be the uninsured number. and that was a drop from a much larger number. it actually went down to 28.2. so when you look at that, christopher, the cbo estimates based on what aca has done has turned out quite well for the obama administration. almost uniformly. well, it s turned out quite well if you believe in the individual mandates of the taxes there with i m not sure the number dromd. i m sorry. i only have 15 seconds. richard, let s get to the point. obamacare, we got insurance for over 25, 26 million people yums have gone down. the markets are stabilized. people have pre-existing conditions. 70% of the american public want to fix obamacare. the republican bill will take a wrecking ball to it. had is it 23 million people will be out of all right. premiums and that s why 20% of the
million and suggested people who was older would have their premiums go up. getting people health care is not expanding medicaid. i think the members generally know the numbers are going to be the uninsured number is going to go up. people will lose their insurance. medicaid will go down to. to some members of the republican conference meadow oh we re looking at a bill that follows a lot of the core values even if it kind of looks ugly and it might raise premiums. it take the government out of health care in a way. i think the members actually, 200 members are going to win, let s say 150 members are going to win because they re in republican districts. probably 30 or 40 in danger. the ones in danger have the room to vote against it. there s 23 districts where hillary won in 2016. so i think you ll have the members who are in tough districts who will be free to vote no. there was a telling moment in that interview. maybe a look ahead where leader
there will be increases in premiums based on this bill. but as the bill as it s implemented, you ll see premiums by 2020, by 2026 drop by roughly 10%. that is what republicans seize upon. the top line budget numbers and the end game on the premiums are at least positives right now the republicans are trying to seize on, anderson. and paul ryan is certainly trying to do that. he is saying he is surprised as good as it is. glass half full mentality i think from the speaker. this is exactly what republicans campaigned on. they campaigned on repealing the individual mandate. they campaigned on repealing the medicaid expansion. these are the two primary drivers of why these numbers are so poor right now. and the speaker made very clear this is exactly how they designed it. take a listen. i m excited about this analysis. and yeah, i think they sort of overestimate the uninsured number, just like they overestimated who would be insured by obamacare. but i do believe if we re not going t
themselves. reporter: the report complicating the gop s already-troubled efforts to pass their bill. house speaker paul ryan trying to put a positive spin on what they call unreliable numbers. i m excited about this analysis. and yeah, i think they sort of overestimate the uninsured number, just like they overestimated who would be insured by obamacare. but i do believe that if we re not going to force people to buy something they don t want to buy, they won t buy it. reporter: but some senate republicans using this report as new ammunition against their own colleagues, demanding changes to the bill. i don t think it s good news, even if it s half right. i think the responsible thing would be to look at the cbo report and can we find ways to deal with the issue they have raised? reporter: now, there are a lot of moving parts on all of this, this week. today, president trump has a phone call scheduled with speaker ryan and the house majority leader. vice president pence will a
the report that was put out. we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want for the coverage they want for themselves an for their family, not that the government forces them to buy. the cbo predicts the legislation would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over a decade. house speaker paul ryan is trying to highlight the positive aspects of the bill tonight. i m excited about the analysis. they overestimate the uninsured number like they overestimated who would be insured by obamacare. if we re not going to force people to buy something they don t want to buy, they re not going to buy it. they re torn. some of them are trying to pin a rose on this report and make it sound like it s a good thing. and others of them are trying to discredit the cbo. reporter: this morning, the white house was scrambling to get ahead of the report. the press is making it look